Bess Kargman is an American filmmaker and director, most famous for
her 2011 film First Position.Kargman grew up in Brookline,
Massachusetts with two siblings, Harry and Sophie. She studied at
Boston Ballet for almost a decade and attended the Shady Hill School.
She stopped ballet and began playing competitive ice hockey. She
attended high school at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts
before studying fine arts and playing varsity ice hockey at Amherst
College.After graduating from Amherst, Kargman moved to New York City,
where she earned her real estate license and took night classes in
op-ed writing. In 2006, she published her first op-ed in The
Washington Post and later enrolled in Columbia University School of
Journalism, where she earned a concentration in documentary and new
media studies.After she graduated journalism school, the recession hit
and Kargman worked as an unpaid intern at a production company, where
she found her inspiration for her future film, First Position. To
create the film, she started her own production company and hired a
crew.
her 2011 film First Position.Kargman grew up in Brookline,
Massachusetts with two siblings, Harry and Sophie. She studied at
Boston Ballet for almost a decade and attended the Shady Hill School.
She stopped ballet and began playing competitive ice hockey. She
attended high school at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts
before studying fine arts and playing varsity ice hockey at Amherst
College.After graduating from Amherst, Kargman moved to New York City,
where she earned her real estate license and took night classes in
op-ed writing. In 2006, she published her first op-ed in The
Washington Post and later enrolled in Columbia University School of
Journalism, where she earned a concentration in documentary and new
media studies.After she graduated journalism school, the recession hit
and Kargman worked as an unpaid intern at a production company, where
she found her inspiration for her future film, First Position. To
create the film, she started her own production company and hired a
crew.
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